Fastening-band for packages of merchandise



(No Model.)

s. W. PAGE FASTENING BAND FOR PACKAGES 0P MEBGHANDISE.

N0. 329,205. Patented Oct. 27, 1885.

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UNITED STATES PATENT FFICE.

SAMUEL W. PAGE, OF JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY.

FASTENING-BAND FOR PACKAGES OF MERCHANDIS E FJPECIPICATION forming partof Letters Patent No. 329,205,dated October 27, 1885.

Application filed November 28, 1882. Serial No. 77,970.

(No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL W. PAGE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Jersey City, in thecounty of Hudson and State of New Jersey,have invented a new and useful Improvement in Fastening-Bands forPackages of Merchandise, of which the following is a description.

The object of my invention is to provide a means for holding loosearticles of merchandise together-such as kid gloves, 8m. Heretofore apaper band and a pin have been used for this purpose; but the pin isliable to do damage to the delicate goods.

My improvement comprises a thin fiat metal clip of special construction,and aband of paper or flexible material having said clip attached to it,for use in place of the pinned paper band heretofore used for thepurpose specified. The metal clip has as constituent or integral partsof it clinching-prongs at or near its one end, and short hook-shapedcatching-prongs or sharp teeth at or near its opposite end, thefirst-named set of prongs, serving to clinch or attach the clip to theone end or edge portion of the band, and the other catching prongs orteeth in or near the oppositeend of the clip, which projects beyond theedge of the band the clip is attached to,serving to temporarily engagewith the other or opposite and plain end or portion of the band withoutspecial perforations or fastenings in said plain portion of the band toeft'ect'the engagement, and so that when the band is passed around thegloves or other articles of mechandise, and

the end bearing the toothed clip is lapped over the other end thehook'shaped catching prongs or teeth will enter the paper or material ofthe other end portion of the band, and hold the band fast and tightagainst the expansive action of the article or articlesjwithin itwithout injury to the goods, and providing for a ready opening of theband when required.

Figure 1 is an enlarged view of the metal clip before being applied tothe band. Fig. 2 is an enlarged edge view showing the prongs as bent inapplying it to the band. Fig. 3 is an edge view of the band, showing theclip securing the ends of the same; and Fig. 4 is a view of one of theends of the band to which the clip is permanently applied.

O represents the thin sheet-metal clip having prongsB B B, that passthrough and fasten the metal clip to the end of the paper band D. (seeFig. 4,) and which clip has two other prongs, A A, that project beyondthe end of the paper band, and are bent inwardly to a hook shape forengagement with the other end of the band at the will of the salesman.There may be any number of these clinching-prongs B and hook shapedsmall sharp teeth A, which may be produced by punching or cutting andbending. The first-named ones, B, are What have hereinbefore been termedthe clinching-prongs, and the other, or short hook-shaped ones, A, onthe inner or under side of the projecting or overlapping end of theclip, are What have been specified as the catching-prongs or teeth. Theband is made plain on its end or portion in which these small sharpteeth A hook or engagethat is, without any special perforations orfastening devices for said prongs or teeth to enter, the engagementbeing made direct with the material of the band at any point or placethereon that they come in contact with When the band is closed about thegoods, thus providing for the banding of different thicknesses ofpackages without injury to the goods, and providing for the readyopening of the band when required.

I do not claim, broadly, a metal clip or fastening for connecting theends of a flexible band, as this is not new; but

What I claim as new is- As a new article of manufacture, a flexible bandfor holding articles of merchandise, as

described, having its one end portion plain and without specialfastening-perforations or devices, and its other end having an attachedmetal clip arranged to project beyond said end of the band, and providedat its attached end with clinchingprongs for securing it to the band,and at its projecting or overlapping end or portion with shorthook-shaped sharp teeth for engagement with the plain end or portion ofthe band, substantially as specified.

SAMUEL W. PAGE.

Witnesses: I D. R. WILLIs, CHAS. BELDING.

